Something in tennis majors brings out the best in Eugenie Bouchard. Canada's tennis star rose to the occasion again on Sunday, advancing to the French Open's fourth round.

Seeded 18th in the field, Bouchard added another notch to her racquet with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber. It was 52 minutes of domination, begun with an assault that put Bouchard up 5-0 in 16 minutes.

Next up for Bouchard: No. 14-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain or the unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic.

"I really believe in my skills. I believe I can play with the best girls out there," Bouchard said. "I was really mentally prepared for anything, for a battle. I think that mindset kind of helped me."

Bouchard, from Montreal, was a minor surprise in reaching the Australian Open semifinals. And Kerber was no pedestrian player on the clay courts of Roland Garros. She reached the quarterfinal two years ago. She was a two-time grand slam semifinalist.

Against Bouchard, she was helpless.

"I just felt good out there, I executed my game plan really well, so I'm happy with that," Bouchard said. "There are always things to improve, and I'm just going to focus on that tomorrow and try to do even better my next match."

Men's eighth seed Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., was attempting to join Bouchard in the last eight as he faced Spain's Marcel Granollers. Raonic is the first Canadian man to play in the fourth round at Roland Garros.